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Where does “outplan” come from?

outplan (English) comes from English plan, from French plan, from French plain, from Old French plain, from Latin plēnus, from Proto-Italic plēnos, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

outplan (English): To surpass in planning

Definitions

  1. To surpass in planning

Ancestry of “outplan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishplanA drawing showing technical details of a...
2Frenchplanplan; map; plane
3Frenchplainplane
4Old Frenchplainfull; plain; flat
5Latinplēnus—
6Proto-Italicplēnosfull
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →